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LIFESTYLE
Levi’s CEO suggests: wash your jeans less
By Daniela Prizont-Cado | Sep. 10, 2014How often do you wash your jeans?
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LIFESTYLE
Photo gallery brings light to struggle of migrant workers
By Abigail Doupnik | Sep. 10, 2014A retired Mennonite is not who you would expect to plan and participate in demonstrations against corporate giants like Publix. But Gainesville’s Richard MacMaster has the photos to prove it.
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LIFESTYLE
Weekend Reconstruction Era: realistic depiction of post-Civil War lifestyles
By Jasmine Wildflower Osmond | Sep. 10, 2014Men and women dressed in thick wool slacks and layers upon layers of clothing get ready for a long day around the farm in Florida’s late-summer heat. If you asked if they were hot, they would raise their eyebrows quizzically — after all, this is 1868.
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LIFESTYLE
Need a good excuse to feel your nuts?
By Michelle Lüchau | Sep. 3, 2014A UF psychology senior asks his roommate for his laptop and looks up a website.
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ART AND THEATER
Locals design posters about world issues, auction them off for charity
By Daniela Prizont-Cado | Sep. 3, 2014Bunches of illustrated chickens form the word "YUM" on a blood-red background. A familiar sans-serif font in trademarked yellow letters reads, "they’re livin’ it" just beneath.
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MOVIES AND TV
Fall TV preview: what to watch live, what to wait and see
By Jackson Hart | Sep. 3, 2014This fall is the season of TV mediocrity. There isn’t a single show coming up that I’m over the moon about, as most prestige TV will air in the spring.
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MUSIC
Maroon 5: ‘V’ treads between soul, synth
By Alyssa Holcomb | Sep. 3, 2014Since the release of their debut jazz-pop hybrid album "Songs About Jane," Maroon 5 has been in a consistently fluctuating identity crisis. Are they a soul-pop band with funk infusions? Are they a synth-pop formula machine generating replicated sound after sound?
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MUSIC
Talking with Islands: reunions, venues, history
By Chloe Finch | Sep. 3, 2014Canadian indie-pop outfit Islands will appear at High Dive on Wednesday. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show begins at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance on either ticketweb.com or from Hear Again Music and Movies and the High Dive. They’re $14 at the door.
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FOOD
TV cooking shows: Do they or can they offer more than cooking tips?
By Keri | Sep. 3, 2014Within the last 20 years, there has been an international boom in TV channels devoted exclusively to food and cooking, including Cuisine TV in France and the Food Network and Cooking Channel in the U.S.
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MUSIC
CHAPPO talks inspiration, plans for future in our interview
By Cody Smith | Aug. 27, 2014Gainesville may not attract too many popular musicians, but the city’s music scene thrives on up-and-comers and experimental outfits.
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ART AND THEATER
UK-based company to bring non-visual films to campus
By Joey Martinez | Aug. 6, 2014EarFilms is coming to UF – to give your sense of vision a break.
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FOOD
Don’t be gullible for gluten-free
By Claudia Stantzyk-Guzek | Aug. 6, 2014Gluten-free eating has become synonymous with guilt-free eating, though that may not actually be the case.
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FASHION
In a town full of thrift shops, several hidden treasures to find
By Riana Melendez | Aug. 6, 2014Gainesville has more to offer thrift shoppers than some might think.
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MUSIC
Magic Man’s ‘Before The Waves’ derivative, but fun
By Cody Smith | Aug. 6, 2014Magic Man has grown a bit since its inception in 2010. Originally consisting only of vocalist Alex Caplow and guitarist/keyboardist Sam Vanderhoop Lee, Magic Man expanded to a quintet for the 2013 EP, "You Are Here." Their new studio album "Before The Waves" caters to the indie pop and synth pop crowd but fails to stand out among their contemporaries.
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FOOD
Dining: The rhetoric of etiquette
By Kelsi | Aug. 6, 2014"The Greenes always request for small slices. You can ask them if they would like just a little more, or if they are sure they are full, and they always express with certainty, ‘I really only want a tiny slice.’
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ART AND THEATER
'Humans of Gainesville' tries to replicate Humans of New York success
By Kristina Orrego | July 31, 2014Gavin Doran spends up to three hours a day walking around with a camera, talking to people he’s never met before.
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ART AND THEATER
Student procession dedicates “Moving Water” art piece
By Jessica Marsh | July 30, 2014Roughly 100 students from the art and engineering departments at UF met Wednesday to participate in a ritualistic performance dedicating the newly installed art piece “Moving Water.”
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LIFESTYLE
Study: the color red rouses romantic rivalry among women
By Debora Lima | July 30, 2014Gabrielle Ueberroth doesn’t need science to tell her how she feels about the color red.
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MOVIES AND TV
Lackluster ‘Lucy’ will blow your mind for all the wrong reasons
By Jackson Hart | July 30, 2014Can a movie be smart yet exceedingly dumb? Is it possible to look past empty dialogue, pointless action and shallow characters to recognize a film’s deeper message? Have I just been mercilessly trolled? These are questions I kept asking myself after seeing Luc Besson’s “Lucy”.
